Re: Japanese bands are crazy.

I forgot about this thread.

I listened to Boredoms for the first time a few months ago - my library has a copy of Pop Tatari. Upon listening, my first thought was the title of this thread - "Japanese bands are crazy." However, there was something about all the crazy noises going on that made me smile and laugh at times. I enjoyed it, and I've been meaning to check out Super AE.

We're here to play some Mississippi Delta Blues. We're in a horrible depression, and I gotta admit - we're starting to like it.

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That's not a bad thing whatsoever. You actually went the more interesting route by hearing their early stuff first before diving into latter-day Bore. I'd highly recommend either Super AE if you're willing to spend the time listening to the whole album in one sitting, or Super Roots 7 if you want something a bit more compact first.

And they didn't really let him get away with it, but he did it anyway. As I recall he was charged a ton of money for the destruction. Don't know how he wasn't prosecuted for anything else

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I'm delving more into this list that Patrick found. Yesterday's listen was Eve by Speed, Glue & Shinki. It was a much more blues-based record than I anticipated, and it was really fantastic. Some really great jams on a number of the songs.

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Good old Sean went to go see Boredoms tonight in Tokyo with 91 drummers. Enjoy a 15 sec clip through his facebook page!

On 7/13/13, you're having 91 drummers perform. 7x13=91. What does 13 mean in this context?
13 is considered a holy number in Hebrew, and apparently it has two meanings - "ahava" (love) and "echad" (one). In the Nansei-shoto islands in Okinawa, 7 (pronounced "nana" in Japanese) means to increase or multiply, and to inherit.
In other words, we could look at the number 13 as meaning - Wanna "nana" the "echad" at "ahava"?
A coming-of-age ceremony for a thirteen year old is said to be a time when one comes face to face with the gods (oneself), so the number 13 is a sort of "next-level" number.

Broken down, 91 is 9 ("kyu" or sphere/globe), and 1 ("ichi" or position) = the earth and oneself, or 9 ("kyu" or seek) and 1 (love) = basic concept of life, or 9 (song) and 1 (nearby), 9 (sky) and 1 (time). And the shape of 91, "?!" = simultaneous mystery and surprise.

Personally, the number 91 brings back memories of the gorges I became interested in during the first half of this year.
If you turn it around and layer the gorge, 19 ("jyuku") becomes 91 ("kuje").
So maybe this means - If we "nana" the "echad" at "ahava", will we get "kuje" (sky time)?!"
We can play all sorts of word games ..."sky time", "love shrine", "sky tree", "sky righteousness", "eternal world", "I'm gonna eat"...
This will be the first time in my life that I ever experience the sound of 91 drum sets.And Setouchi Jakucho, who will be performing at this event, is 91 years old.
I would be so happy if we could all "Jakucho" ("tranquil listening") the "Kuje" together.

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Oh good, I could find this thread. Anyway, those of you who were into this stuff: a label called Black Editions appears to be set to reissue tons of records from PSF, which is great news. The first is the first ever vinyl issue of Tokyo Flashback. I bought a copy the other day and it is beautiful. Check it out here.

Re: Japanese bands are crazy.

Originally Posted by TallGuyCM

Bump.

Tell me about Michio Kurihara. Apparently he's collab'd with Boris on two of his three albums, and a last.fm description dubs him "the premier guitarist of the Japanese underground psychedelic movement."

I've got one of his albums called Sunset Notes, and one of the tracks is called "Do Deep Sea Fish Dream of Electric Moles". Best way as I can describe him as Delicate Steve on acid.